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isseu with Using select list item combo box

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Dear Microsoft, 

 

since the new update of power automate version 2.18.146 we are having troubles with robot procces who are trying to open a combobox. Everytime the robot opens a combo box it immediately close the selection or doesn't give a response on the possible list item to select.

 

Below I will give a short example of the combobox and the steps the robot perfoms. all these processes did work for more than a year on a daily base.

 

In the examples you see one of the comboboxes

JasperBuren_2-1650020130496.png

 

In the second picture you see the steps the robot should perform. 

3. select PDF invoice

4. Open ComboBox

5. wait

6. Select list item in opened combobox

JasperBuren_0-1650022024787.png

 

 

everytime we receive this message: 

Exception of type 'Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.UIAutomation.Common.Exceptions.ElementNotFoundException' was thrown.: Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.SDK.ActionException: Click mislukt (kan UI-element niet ophalen) ---> Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.UIAutomation.Common.Exceptions.ElementNotFoundException: Exception of type 'Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.UIAutomation.Common.Exceptions.ElementNotFoundException' was thrown.
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.UIAutomation.Common.AutomationRuntimes.UIAutomationRuntimeBase.RetractElement(IntPtr windowHandle, String selector)
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.UIAutomation.Common.AutomationRuntimes.UIAutomationRuntimeBase.ClickElementInWindow(IntPtr windowHandle, String selector, MouseClickTypeEnum clickType, RectangleEdgePointEnum elementRectangleEdgePoint, Int32 offsetX, Int32 offsetY)
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.UIAutomation.Common.UIAutomationActionsDispatcher.ClickElementInWindow(Variant windowSelector, Variant controlSelector, Variant offsetX, Variant offsetY, Guid windowId, Int32 clickType, Int32 elementRectangleSubsector, Int32 automationImpl)
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.UIAutomation.Common.Proxy.LocalAutomationRuntime.ClickElementInWindow(String windowSelector, String controlSelector, Int32 offsetX, Int32 offsetY, Guid windowId, Int32 clickType, Int32 elementRectangleSubsector, Int32 automationImpl)
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.UIAutomation.Actions.ClickElementInWindow.<>c__DisplayClass20_0.<Execute>b__0(IAutomationRuntime r)
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.UIAutomation.Common.UIAutomationActionBase.PerformAutomation(Action`1 action, UIControl control)
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.UIAutomation.Actions.ClickElementInWindow.Execute(ActionContext context)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.UIAutomation.Actions.ClickElementInWindow.Execute(ActionContext context)
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Robin.Engine.Execution.ActionRunner.Run(IActionStatement statement, Dictionary`2 inputArguments, Dictionary`2 outputArguments)

 

 

The example above is just one of the cases of combobox issued we faced this week. We update power automate for 3 clients and all of the robots faces the same issue on a different comboboxes. For our other costumers we cannot afford to update Power automate at the moment because of this issue. 

 

hopefully you can help us.

with kind regards,

 

Jasper Buren 

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